Leading off is a class of 2 aircraft carriers, marginal improvements on the Kulikovo class of 1930:
Chesma class, Russian Aircraft Carrier laid down 1934
Chesma, Sevastopol
Displacement:
16,485 t light; 16,988 t standard; 19,372 t normal; 21,279 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
751.08 ft / 721.78 ft x 73.82 ft (Bulges 80.38 ft) x 22.47 ft (normal load)
228.93 m / 220.00 m x 22.50 m (Bulges 24.50 m) x 6.85 m
Armament:
12 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (4x3 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1934 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,002 lbs / 454 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.95" / 75 mm 459.32 ft / 140.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 0.98" / 25 mm 590.55 ft / 180.00 m 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
- Armour deck: 1.97" / 50 mm, Conning tower: 2.95" / 75 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 82,458 shp / 61,513 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 13,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,292 tons
Complement:
820 - 1,067
Cost:
£4.903 million / $19.612 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 107 tons, 0.6 %
Armour: 2,459 tons, 12.7 %
- Belts: 1,020 tons, 5.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 23 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 1,370 tons, 7.1 %
- Conning Tower: 46 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 2,372 tons, 12.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,247 tons, 32.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,887 tons, 14.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 5,300 tons, 27.4 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
29,611 lbs / 13,431 Kg = 441.7 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 3.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 3.9 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 17.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.12
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.51
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.520
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.98 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 39.37 ft / 12.00 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 27.89 ft / 8.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 27.89 ft / 8.50 m (16.40 ft / 5.00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 23.29 ft / 7.10 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 74.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 185.2 %
Waterplane Area: 37,619 Square feet or 3,495 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 145 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 108 lbs/sq ft or 530 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.09
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
70 aircraft, plus 20 spares
Semiautomatic twin 130mm simmed as triples
In a related news item, Russian Federation Navy announced that battleship Sevastopol will be removed from service early in 1934 and scrapped. Ger armaments will be incorporated into coastal defenses vicinity the oil export port of Okha on Sakhalin Island.
Next is a class of 2 light cruisers, intended for protecting aircraft carriers against aerial and surface threats;
Tambov class, Russian Light Cruiser laid down 1934
Displacement:
5,495 t light; 5,759 t standard; 7,021 t normal; 8,030 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
544.04 ft / 536.75 ft x 51.51 ft x 19.75 ft (normal load)
165.82 m / 163.60 m x 15.70 m x 6.02 m
Armament:
6 - 5.98" / 152 mm guns (3x2 guns), 123.46lbs / 56.00kg shells, 1934 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
2 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (1x2 guns), 37.48lbs / 17.00kg shells, 1934 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
12 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (6x2 guns), 37.48lbs / 17.00kg shells, 1934 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,315 lbs / 596 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 374.34 ft / 114.10 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 107 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.97" / 50 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 1.18" / 30 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
- Armour deck: 1.18" / 30 mm, Conning tower: 1.97" / 50 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 68,598 shp / 51,174 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 12,800nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,271 tons
Complement:
383 - 498
Cost:
£2.878 million / $11.510 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 140 tons, 2.0 %
Armour: 785 tons, 11.2 %
- Belts: 297 tons, 4.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 87 tons, 1.2 %
- Armour Deck: 385 tons, 5.5 %
- Conning Tower: 16 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 1,973 tons, 28.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,597 tons, 37.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,526 tons, 21.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
6,942 lbs / 3,149 Kg = 64.8 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.23
Metacentric height 2.7 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 13.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.59
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.25
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.450
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.42 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.17 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.23 ft / 8.30 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 18.04 ft / 5.50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 18.69 ft / 5.70 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 107.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 157.7 %
Waterplane Area: 17,635 Square feet or 1,638 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 120 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 83 lbs/sq ft or 406 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.84
- Longitudinal: 1.62
- Overall: 0.90
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Next is the Kiev class Torpedo Cruiser:
Kiev class, Russian Torpedo Cruiser laid down 1934
Displacement:
2,315 t light; 2,394 t standard; 2,985 t normal; 3,457 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
499.33 ft / 475.72 ft x 41.83 ft x 13.12 ft (normal load)
152.20 m / 145.00 m x 12.75 m x 4.00 m
Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1934 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 336 lbs / 152 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
12 - 25.6" / 650 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.54" / 90 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 2.76" / 70 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
- Conning tower: 3.54" / 90 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 50,513 shp / 37,683 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 10,400nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,062 tons
Complement:
201 - 262
Cost:
£1.513 million / $6.051 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 36 tons, 1.2 %
Armour: 39 tons, 1.3 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 23 tons, 0.8 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 16 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 1,407 tons, 47.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 834 tons, 27.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 669 tons, 22.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
990 lbs / 449 Kg = 14.8 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.42
Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 11.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.26
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.20
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.97 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Mid (40 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m (12.30 ft / 3.75 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.30 ft / 3.75 m
- Stern: 13.29 ft / 4.05 m
- Average freeboard: 16.31 ft / 4.97 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 161.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 65.3 %
Waterplane Area: 12,712 Square feet or 1,181 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 92 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 38 lbs/sq ft or 184 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.03
- Overall: 0.53
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
Torpedos in four triple mounts on the centerlineKiev class, Russian Torpedo Cruiser laid down 1934
And two flotillas of Bucharskiy class destroyers will be replaced by the Vinnitsa class:
Vinnitsa class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1934
Displacement:
1,408 t light; 1,478 t standard; 1,692 t normal; 1,863 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
367.45 ft / 367.45 ft x 32.32 ft x 12.47 ft (normal load)
112.00 m / 112.00 m x 9.85 m x 3.80 m
Armament:
3 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1934 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1934 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 251 lbs / 114 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
9 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
- Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 37,501 shp / 27,976 Kw = 34.50 kts
Range 5,250nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 385 tons
Complement:
131 - 171
Cost:
£0.939 million / $3.754 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 27 tons, 1.6 %
Armour: 11 tons, 0.6 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 8 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 853 tons, 50.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 488 tons, 28.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 284 tons, 16.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 30 tons, 1.8 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
476 lbs / 216 Kg = 7.1 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.32
Metacentric height 1.5 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 11.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.29
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.11
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.94 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 63
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.28 ft / 7.40 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.72 ft / 5.40 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.72 ft / 5.40 m (10.17 ft / 3.10 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 10.17 ft / 3.10 m
- Stern: 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Average freeboard: 14.54 ft / 4.43 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 178.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 72.1 %
Waterplane Area: 7,586 Square feet or 705 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 70 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 32 lbs/sq ft or 154 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.84
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Edit: Removed double posting of some of Kiev's stats.
This post has been edited 5 times, last edit by "AdmKuznetsov" (Feb 28th 2007, 6:21pm)